AppleInsider Staff
Apple on Monday debuted its curated list of the best content available from its various digital platforms, including apps, music, movies, books, podcasts and more.
Leading the way for the iPad was photo editing tool Pixelmator, a longtime Mac application that debuted on Apple's tablet in October. Top honors on the iPhone went to Elevate - Brain Training.
On the music front, Beyonce was the top artist, while "1989" by Taylor Swift was named the top album. "Guardians of the Galaxy" was recognized as the best blockbuster movie, while "Fargo" won "TV Show of the Year."
The full list of Apple's Best of 2014 is included below:
iPad apps
iPad App of the Year: Pixelmator
iPad Game of the Year: Monument Valley
iPhone apps
iPhone App of the Year: Elevate - Brain Training
iPhone Game of the Year: Threes!
Music
Best Artist: Beyonce
Best Album: "1989" - Taylor Swift
Best Song: "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX) - Iggy Azalea
Best New Artist: Sam Smith, "In the Lonely Hour" (Deluxe Version)
Movies
Best Blockbuster: "Guardians of the Galaxy"
Best Family Movie: "The LEGO Movie"
Best Director: Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Best Discovery: "Obvious Child"
Television
TV Show of the Year: "Fargo"
Best Performances: "True Detective"
Best Discovery: "The Honorable Woman"
Best Breakthrough: "Key & Peele"
Podcasts
Best Classic Podcast: Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Best New Podcast: Serial
Books
Favorite Fiction: "All the Light We Cannot See" - Anthony Doerr
Favorite Nonfiction: "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" - Jeff Hobbs
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Marko Zivkovic
Christine McKee
Malcolm Owen
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9 Comments
I can agree with the app choices, but a big no on the music. Yech. The TV shows, I have no idea. Movies, didn't bother to see the latest Marvel cashin, but I'm fine with the Lego Movie being on the list.
The podcasts are the only category I've actually used. Good to see I'm not totally out of touch
"The hairy one's a dude. Oh, and the metal one too. All dudes."
How do you define 'best'? Should it be popular or most downloaded, bought, highest star ratings etc.. Or someone at Apple's personal favourites. You should not use the term best unless you have something to quantify it with. Sorry, I'm bored smiley face.
It always saddens me that Color-It, the all American company out of Des Moines never really succeeded as a Photoshop alternative for those needing less power at a great price. Hats off to Pixelmator but Color-It offered so much back then and if it could have made it through the dark days of the almost death of the Mac, should have risen again and by now would have no doubt been a huge success with the App Store model. It is a shame the programmers didn't manage to regroup and get funded to do so. I often wonder what happened to the code. I see the old version can still be purchased in an early incarnation.